Pathology Glossary

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Accreditation: Laboratory quality approval.
Acquired Disease: Developed after birth.
Acute Disease: Rapid onset disease.
Acute Inflammation: Short-term inflammatory response.
Apoptosis: Programmed cell death.
Archive: Specimen storage system.
Atrophy: Decrease in tissue size.
Autopsy: Post-mortem examination.
Benign Tumor: Non-spreading growth.
Biomarker: Disease indicator molecule.
Biopsy: Tissue sample examination.
Carcinoma: Cancer of epithelial origin.
Certification: Professional qualification.
Chronic Disease: Long-term disease.
Chronic Inflammation: Long-term inflammatory response.
Clinical Correlation: Comparing lab and symptoms.
Clinical Pathology: Laboratory test interpretation.
Complication: Secondary problem from disease.
Congenital Disease: Present at birth.
Congestion: Blood accumulation in tissue.
Consultation: Expert opinion request.
Cytopathology: Study of diseased cells.
Database: Test result storage system.
Degenerative Disease: Progressive tissue deterioration.
Diagnosis: Disease identification.
Differential Diagnosis: Disease possibility list.
Disease: Abnormal condition affecting organism.
Dysplasia: Abnormal cell development.
Edema: Fluid accumulation in tissues.
Education: Knowledge transfer process.
Embolism: Traveling blood clot or material.
Epidemiology: Disease pattern study.
Etiology: Cause of disease.
False Negative: Incorrect negative result.
False Positive: Incorrect positive result.
Fixation: Tissue preservation process.
Forensic Pathology: Legal death investigation.
Genetic Disease: Inherited disorder.
Gold Standard: Best diagnostic test.
Grading: Determining cancer aggressiveness.
Gross Examination: Visual tissue examination.
Hemorrhage: Blood vessel rupture and bleeding.
Histopathology: Microscopic tissue study.
Hyperemia: Increased blood flow.
Hyperplasia: Increase in cell number.
Hypertrophy: Increase in tissue size.
Idiopathic Disease: Unknown cause disease.
Infarction: Tissue death from blood loss.
Infectious Disease: Pathogen-caused disease.
Ischemia: Reduced blood supply.
Laboratory Medicine: Disease testing field.
Lesion: Abnormal tissue change.
Leukemia: Cancer of blood cells.
Lymphoma: Cancer of lymphoid tissue.
Malignant Tumor: Cancer, invasive growth.
Metaplasia: Change in cell type.
Metastasis: Spread of cancer cells.
Microscopic Examination: Tissue study under microscope.
Molecular Diagnostics: Disease molecule testing.
Molecular Pathology: Study of disease molecules.
Monitoring: Disease progression watching.
Morbidity: Disease state.
Morphology: Form and structure of tissues.
Mortality: Death rate.
Necrosis: Cell death due to injury.
Neoplasia: New tissue growth (tumor).
Palliation: Symptom relief care.
Pathogenesis: Development of disease.
Pathologist: Disease study specialist.
Pathology: Study of disease processes.
Predictive Value: Result reliability measure.
Prevention: Disease avoidance.
Primary Disease: Original disease.
Processing: Tissue preparation steps.
Prognosis: Disease outcome prediction.
Publication: Research result sharing.
Quality Control: Test accuracy assurance.
Recovery: Return to normal health.
Reference Range: Normal test value range.
Relapse: Disease return.
Remission: Disease improvement.
Report: Test result document.
Research: New knowledge investigation.
Risk Factor: Disease likelihood increaser.
Sarcoma: Cancer of connective tissue.
Screening: Testing for early disease.
Secondary Disease: Disease from another condition.
Sensitivity: True positive detection rate.
Sequela: Condition following disease.
Signs: Objective disease indicators.
Slide: Glass plate for microscopy.
Specificity: True negative detection rate.
Specimen: Collected sample for testing.
Staging: Determining cancer extent.
Surgical Pathology: Surgical specimen study.
Symptoms: Subjective disease feelings.
Syndrome: Group of related symptoms.
Thrombosis: Blood clot formation in vessel.
Treatment: Disease management methods.